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25 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2000-02-29</span>)</span> <br />10:29 a.m. (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Child-on-child_murder" class="mw-redirect" title="Child-on-child murder">Child-on-child homicide</a> by <a href="/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States" title="Gun violence in the United States">shooting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manslaughter" title="Manslaughter">manslaughter</a>, <a href="/wiki/School_shootings_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="School shootings in the United States">school shooting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapon</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.32_ACP" title=".32 ACP">.32-caliber</a> <a href="/wiki/Handgun" title="Handgun">handgun</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Victim</th><td class="infobox-data">Kayla Renee Rolland, aged 6<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">Pine Grove Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Millington,_Michigan" title="Millington, Michigan">Millington, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrator</th><td class="infobox-data">6-year-old male</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motive</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Resentment" title="Resentment">Resentment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Convicted</th><td class="infobox-data">Jamelle James (6-year-old male's uncle)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Verdict</th><td class="infobox-data">Pleaded <a href="/wiki/No_contest" class="mw-redirect" title="No contest">no contest</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Convictions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manslaughter_(United_States_law)#Involuntary_manslaughter" title="Manslaughter (United States law)">Involuntary manslaughter</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sentence</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">2 years and 5 months in prison</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kayla Renee Rolland</b> (May 12, 1993 – February 29, 2000) was an American six-year-old girl from <a href="/wiki/Mount_Morris_Township,_Michigan" title="Mount Morris Township, Michigan">Mount Morris Township, Michigan</a>, United States, who was fatally shot on February 29, 2000, by a six-year-old male classmate at Buell Elementary School in <a href="/wiki/Beecher_Community_School_District" title="Beecher Community School District">Beecher Community School District</a>. The boy had found the gun while living at his uncle's house; the house was a <a href="/wiki/Drug_house" title="Drug house">crack house</a> where guns were frequently traded for drugs. </p><p>The killing drew worldwide attention due to the particularly young ages of the victim and the perpetrator: Rolland was the youngest <a href="/wiki/School_shooting" title="School shooting">school shooting</a> victim in the United States until the <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting" title="Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting">Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting</a> in 2012, and her assailant remains the youngest fatal school shooting perpetrator to date, and the second-youngest school shooting perpetrator in general. The boy was not charged with murder because of his age. Buell Elementary School closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Five_years_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Five_years-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kayla Rolland was killed by a six-year-old male <a href="/wiki/First_grade" title="First grade">first grader</a> at Buell Elementary School in the <a href="/wiki/Beecher_Community_School_District" title="Beecher Community School District">Beecher Community School District</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Morris_Township,_Michigan" title="Mount Morris Township, Michigan">Mount Morris Township, Michigan</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a>. His father was in jail for violating his <a href="/wiki/Parole" title="Parole">parole</a>, having previously been convicted for possession of <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> with intent to deliver and burglary.<sup id="cite_ref-60_Minutes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60_Minutes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boy had been living with his mother and his eight-year-old brother. She was evicted from her home, having been unable to pay rent with the $175 weekly wage she received from the two jobs she worked under <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>'s welfare-to-work program, and both boys then shared a single sofa as a bed at their uncle's house. The home, where his uncle lived with a 19-year-old man, was a <a href="/wiki/Crack_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Crack house">crack house</a> where guns were frequently traded for drugs. At some point, the child found a loaded <a href="/wiki/Davis_Industries" title="Davis Industries">Davis Industries</a> P-32 <a href="/wiki/.32_ACP" title=".32 ACP">.32-caliber</a> <a href="/wiki/Handgun" title="Handgun">handgun</a> under some blankets.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TimeMag_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimeMag-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The boy was known to have behavioral issues and was made to stay after school nearly every day for <a href="/wiki/Profanity" title="Profanity">swearing</a>, giving people <a href="/wiki/The_finger" title="The finger">the finger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pinch_(action)" title="Pinch (action)">pinching</a>, and hitting. Some weeks before the shooting he stabbed a girl with a pencil. Chris Boaz, a seven-year-old classmate, claimed the boy once punched him because he would not give him a pickle. The boy had previously attacked Kayla Rolland and, on the day prior to the killing, tried to kiss her and was rebuffed. Early on the day of the shooting, the boy and his brother got into a fight with Boaz's uncle, whom the boy threatened to shoot.<sup id="cite_ref-TimeMag_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimeMag-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shooting">Shooting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Shooting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 29, 2000, the boy had brought the firearm, along with a <a href="/wiki/Knife" title="Knife">knife</a>, with him to school. During a change of classes, he fatally shot six-year-old Kayla Rolland in the presence of a teacher and 22 students while they were climbing the stairs, saying to her: "I don't like you", before pulling the trigger. The bullet entered her right arm and traveled through a vital <a href="/wiki/Artery" title="Artery">artery</a>. He then threw the handgun into a trash basket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there, in the corner, by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. At 10:29 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>, Rolland was pronounced dead at <a href="/wiki/Hurley_Medical_Center" title="Hurley Medical Center">Hurley Medical Center</a> while in <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrest" title="Cardiac arrest">cardiac arrest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The assailant was held in custody until the <a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan" title="Genesee County, Michigan">Genesee County</a> <a href="/wiki/Child_Protective_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Child Protective Services">Family Independence Agency</a> could determine his placement.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his two younger siblings were later placed with an aunt.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal">Legal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her assailant became the youngest school shooter in the United States. Despite Michigan not having a codified <a href="/wiki/Age_of_criminal_responsibility" title="Age of criminal responsibility">age of criminal responsibility</a> he was not charged with any crime based on the legal claim that at that age he would lack the ability to form <a href="/wiki/Intent_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Intent (law)">intent</a>. In most U.S. states, six-year-olds are not liable for crimes they commit, and the Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch called on the citizens to collectively hug the boy, presumably out of pity and sympathy. In an 1893 ruling, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> declared that "children under the age of seven years could not be guilty of felony, or punished for any capital offense, for within that age the child is conclusively presumed incapable of committing a crime." This is followed in many U.S. states.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jamelle James, the uncle who owned the .32-caliber pistol used in the shooting, was sentenced for leaving the gun in a shoe box in his bedroom.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_News_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_News-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He eventually pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and spent two years and five months in prison before he was released on probation. The other adults involved would be in and out of court systems in the years to follow.<sup id="cite_ref-Five_years_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Five_years-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A search of James's house produced a loaded <a href="/wiki/Pump-action_shotgun" class="mw-redirect" title="Pump-action shotgun">pump-action shotgun</a> and a rock of <a href="/wiki/Crack_cocaine" title="Crack cocaine">crack cocaine</a>. </p><p>On the twentieth anniversary of the shooting on February 29, 2020, news media reported that the boy who shot Kayla Rolland was living in <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City, Michigan</a>. According to court records, he had been convicted at age 18 of a felony in connection with charges of second-degree home invasion and larceny at a Bay City house on April 23, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-MLive_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MLive-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time, Kayla Rolland was believed to have been the youngest <a href="/wiki/School_shooting" title="School shooting">school shooting</a> victim in United States history, which was not surpassed until the <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting" title="Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting">Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting</a> in December 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A day after Rolland's death a <a href="/wiki/2000_Wilkinsburg_shooting" title="2000 Wilkinsburg shooting">shooting spree occurred in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania</a> that killed three and injured two others. In response to the Wilkinsburg case, U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> argued for stricter gun laws and mentioned Rolland's case as an example.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Buell Elementary closed in 2002 due to dwindling enrollment and stressed finances. The campus was heavily damaged by <a href="/wiki/Arson" title="Arson">arson</a> in 2005 and was demolished in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Depiction_in_media">Depiction in media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_of_Kayla_Rolland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Depiction in media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rolland's killing was cited by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a> in his 2002 film <i><a href="/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine" title="Bowling for Columbine">Bowling for Columbine</a></i>, which argued for stricter gun control.<sup id="cite_ref-MLive_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MLive-10"><span 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/School_shooting#United_States" title="School shooting">School shootings in the United States</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prior to 2000<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(before_2000)" title="List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)">full list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1760s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Enoch_Brown_school_massacre" title="Enoch Brown school massacre">Enoch Brown school massacre</a> (1764)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting" title="University of Texas tower shooting">University of Texas</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Rose-Mar_College_of_Beauty_shooting" title="1966 Rose-Mar College of Beauty shooting">Rose-Mar College of Beauty</a> (1966)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_shootings" title="Kent State shootings">Kent State University</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_State_killings" title="Jackson State killings">Jackson State University</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Olean_High_School_shooting" title="1974 Olean High School shooting">Olean High School</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Computer_Learning_Center_shooting" title="1976 Computer Learning Center shooting">Computer Learning Center</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_California_State_University,_Fullerton_massacre" title="1976 California State University, Fullerton massacre">California State University, Fullerton</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_(San_Diego)" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)">Cleveland Elementary School</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/49th_Street_Elementary_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="49th Street Elementary School shooting">49th Street Elementary School</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_Cokeville_Elementary_School_hostage_crisis" title="1986 Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis">Cokeville Elementary School</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Nick_Corwin" title="Murder of Nick Corwin">Hubbard Woods Elementary School</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_Oakland_Elementary_School_shooting" title="1988 Oakland Elementary School shooting">Oakland Elementary School</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Stockton_schoolyard_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 Stockton schoolyard shooting">Cleveland Elementary School</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_University_of_Iowa_shooting" title="1991 University of Iowa shooting">University of Iowa</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Lindhurst_High_School_shooting" title="1992 Lindhurst High School shooting">Lindhurst High School</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Bard_College_at_Simon%27s_Rock_shooting" title="1992 Bard College at Simon's Rock shooting">Bard College at Simon's Rock</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_East_Carter_High_School_shooting" title="1993 East Carter High School shooting">East Carter High School</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Wickliffe_Middle_School_shooting" title="1994 Wickliffe Middle School shooting">Wickliffe Middle School</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Blackville%E2%80%93Hilda_High_School_shooting" title="1995 Blackville–Hilda High School shooting">Blackville–Hilda High School</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Richland_High_School_shooting" title="1995 Richland High School shooting">Richland High School</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Frontier_Middle_School_shooting" title="1996 Frontier Middle School shooting">Frontier Middle School</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_San_Diego_State_University_shooting" title="1996 San Diego State University shooting">San Diego State University</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Bethel_Regional_High_School_shooting" title="1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting">Bethel Regional High School</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Pearl_High_School_shooting" title="1997 Pearl High School shooting">Pearl High School</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Heath_High_School_shooting" title="1997 Heath High School shooting">Heath High School</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Westside_Middle_School_shooting" title="1998 Westside Middle School shooting">Westside Middle School</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Parker_Middle_School_dance_shooting" title="1998 Parker Middle School dance shooting">Parker Middle School</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Thurston_High_School_shooting" title="1998 Thurston High School shooting">Thurston High School</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre" title="Columbine High School massacre">Columbine High School</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000 to present<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present)">full list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Buell Elementary School</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Brazill" title="Nathaniel Brazill">Lake Worth Middle School</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_University_of_Arkansas_shooting" title="2000 University of Arkansas shooting">University of Arkansas</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Santana_High_School_shooting" title="2001 Santana High School shooting">Santana High School</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Appalachian_School_of_Law_shooting" title="2002 Appalachian School of Law shooting">Appalachian School of Law</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_John_McDonogh_High_School_shooting" title="2003 John McDonogh High School shooting">John McDonogh High School</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Case_Western_Reserve_University_shooting" title="2003 Case Western Reserve University shooting">Case Western Reserve University</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Rocori_High_School_shooting" title="2003 Rocori High School shooting">Rocori High School</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake_shootings" title="Red Lake shootings">Red Lake Senior High School</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Campbell_County_High_School_shooting" title="2005 Campbell County High School shooting">Campbell County High School</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Pine_Middle_School_shooting" title="2006 Pine Middle School shooting">Pine Middle School</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Platte_Canyon_High_School_hostage_crisis" title="2006 Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis">Platte Canyon High School</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Weston_High_School_shooting" title="2006 Weston High School shooting">Weston High School</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_West_Nickel_Mines_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 West Nickel Mines School shooting">West Nickel Mines School</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting" title="Virginia Tech shooting">Virginia Tech</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_Delaware_State_University_shooting" title="2007 Delaware State University shooting">Delaware State University</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_SuccessTech_Academy_shooting" title="2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting">SuccessTech Academy</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Northern_Illinois_University_shooting" title="2008 Northern Illinois University shooting">Northern Illinois University</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Larry_King" title="Murder of Larry King">E.O. Junior High School</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_University_of_Central_Arkansas_shooting" title="2008 University of Central Arkansas shooting">University of Central Arkansas</a> (2008)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_University_of_Alabama_in_Huntsville_shooting" title="2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting">University of Alabama in Huntsville</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Chardon_High_School_shooting" title="2012 Chardon High School shooting">Chardon High School</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Oikos_University_shooting" title="2012 Oikos University shooting">Oikos University</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting" title="Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting">Sandy Hook Elementary School</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Santa_Monica_shootings" title="2013 Santa Monica shootings">Santa Monica College</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Sparks_Middle_School_shooting" title="2013 Sparks Middle School shooting">Sparks Middle School</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Marysville_Pilchuck_High_School_shooting" title="2014 Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting">Marysville Pilchuck High School</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Umpqua_Community_College_shooting" title="2015 Umpqua Community College shooting">Umpqua Community College</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Northern_Arizona_University_shooting" title="2015 Northern Arizona University shooting">Northern Arizona University</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_UCLA_shooting" title="2016 UCLA shooting">University of California, Los Angeles</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers" title="2016 shooting of Dallas police officers">El Centro College</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_Townville_Elementary_School_shooting" title="2016 Townville Elementary School shooting">Townville Elementary School</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_North_Park_Elementary_School_shooting" title="2017 North Park Elementary School shooting">North Park Elementary School</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Tehama_shootings" title="Rancho Tehama shootings">Rancho Tehama Elementary School</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Aztec_High_School_shooting" title="2017 Aztec High School shooting">Aztec High School</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Marshall_County_High_School_shooting" title="2018 Marshall County High School shooting">Marshall County High School</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Parkland_high_school_shooting" title="Parkland high school shooting">Stoneman Douglas High School</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Santa_Fe_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Santa Fe High School shooting">Santa Fe High School</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Noblesville_West_Middle_School_shooting" title="2018 Noblesville West Middle School shooting">Noblesville West Middle School</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_University_of_North_Carolina_at_Charlotte_shooting" title="2019 University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting">University of North Carolina at Charlotte</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_STEM_School_Highlands_Ranch_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting">STEM School Highlands Ranch</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Saugus_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Saugus High School shooting">Saugus High School</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_High_School_shooting" title="Oxford High School shooting">Oxford High School</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Richard_Ward" title="Killing of Richard Ward">Liberty Point International Middle School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_East_High_School_shooting" title="2022 East High School shooting">East High School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Burke_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Burke School shooting">Edmund Burke School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting" title="Uvalde school shooting">Robb Elementary School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Oakland_school_shooting" title="2022 Oakland school shooting">Rusdale High School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Central_Visual_and_Performing_Arts_High_School_shooting" title="2022 Central Visual and Performing Arts High School shooting">Central Visual and Performing Arts High School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_University_of_Virginia_shooting" title="2022 University of Virginia shooting">University of Virginia</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Abby_Zwerner" title="Shooting of Abby Zwerner">Richneck Elementary School</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Michigan_State_University_shooting" title="2023 Michigan State University shooting">Michigan State University</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Nashville_school_shooting" title="2023 Nashville school shooting">Covenant School</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Richmond_shooting" title="2023 Richmond shooting">Virginia Commonwealth University</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Zijie_Yan" title="Killing of Zijie Yan">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas_shooting" title="2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting">University of Nevada, Las Vegas</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Perry_High_School_shooting" title="Perry High School shooting">Perry High School</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_Apalachee_High_School_shooting" title="2024 Apalachee High School shooting">Apalachee High School</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tuskegee_University_shooting" title="Tuskegee University shooting">Tuskegee University</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Feather_River_School_shooting" title="Feather River School shooting">Feather River School</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abundant_Life_Christian_School_shooting" title="Abundant Life Christian School shooting">Abundant Life Christian School</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antioch_High_School_shooting" title="Antioch High School shooting">Antioch High School</a> (2025)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film and<br />television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deadly_Tower" title="The Deadly Tower">The Deadly Tower</a></i> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Detention:_The_Siege_at_Johnson_High" title="Detention: The Siege at Johnson High">Detention: The Siege at Johnson High</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Duck!_The_Carbine_High_Massacre" title="Duck! The Carbine High Massacre">Duck! The Carbine High Massacre</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bang_Bang_You%27re_Dead_(film)" title="Bang Bang You're Dead (film)">Bang Bang You're Dead</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine" title="Bowling for Columbine">Bowling for Columbine</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Heart_of_America_(film)" title="Heart of America (film)">Heart of America</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Home_Room_(2002_film)" title="Home Room (2002 film)">Home Room</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/List_of_Static_Shock_episodes#Season_2_(2002)#ep24" title="List of Static Shock episodes">Jimmy</a>" (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Elephant_(2003_film)" title="Elephant (2003 film)">Elephant</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Zero_Day_(2003_film)" title="Zero Day (2003 film)">Zero Day</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Yearbook" title="American Yearbook">American Yearbook</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Time_Stands_Still_(Degrassi:_The_Next_Generation)" title="Time Stands Still (Degrassi: The Next Generation)">Time Stands Still</a>" (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Only_Way_(2004_film)" title="The Only Way (2004 film)">The Only Way</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Anna" title="Dawn Anna">Dawn Anna</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Boys_Love_Mandy_Lane" title="All the Boys Love Mandy Lane">All the Boys Love Mandy Lane</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Gun_(2005_film)" title="American Gun (2005 film)">American Gun</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/State%27s_Evidence" title="State's Evidence">State's Evidence</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_Before_Her_Eyes" title="The Life Before Her Eyes">The Life Before Her Eyes</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/April_Showers_(2009_film)" title="April Showers (2009 film)">April Showers</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Boy_(2010_film)" title="Beautiful Boy (2010 film)">Beautiful Boy</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/We_Need_to_Talk_About_Kevin_(film)" title="We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)">We Need to Talk About Kevin</a></i> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hello_Herman" title="Hello Herman">Hello Herman</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/White_Rabbit_(2013_film)" title="White Rabbit (2013 film)">White Rabbit</a></i> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rudderless" title="Rudderless">Rudderless</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sins_of_Our_Youth" title="Sins of Our Youth">Sins of Our Youth</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cokeville_Miracle" title="The Cokeville Miracle">The Cokeville Miracle</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Not_Ashamed" title="I'm Not Ashamed">I'm Not Ashamed</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tower_(2016_film)" title="Tower (2016 film)">Tower</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Dead_Kids_(South_Park)" title="Dead Kids (South Park)">Dead Kids</a>" (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Vox_Lux" title="Vox Lux">Vox Lux</a></i> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Safety_(2019_film)" title="Safety (2019 film)">Safety</a></i> (2019)</span></li> <li><span 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